35-yr-old man gets life for murdering woman

tnn | Updated: Nov 30, 2018, 0:43 IST

Tirupur: A local court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to life imprisonment for murdering a woman, with whom he was in a relationship, by setting her on fire. According to a court source, the convict, identified as P Saravanan, of Chinniya Kavundamapalayam near Palladam, was in an affair with R Chithra, 32, who along her daughter, was living with him after separating from her husband following differences of opinion.

“Since Saravanan had affair with some other women, Chithra used to quarrel with him often. During one such fights on May 31, 2017, Saravanan beat her up, doused her with kerosene and set her on flames in a fit of rage. She succumbed to the burn injuries the next day,” the source said. The Palladam police registered a case and arrested Saravanan on charges of murder. The case trial was held before the Tirupur principal district and sessions court. tnn